Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-01-24
PENSIONS AND BOUNTIES.
Information on this Subject for Old Sol.
diers and Sailors, or Their Heirs.

Information on this Subject for Old Sol.
diers and Sailors, or Their Heirs.
There are thousands of soldiers
and sailors and their heirs who are
entitled to pension and bounty who
have neglected to present their claims.
For their benefit, the TINES publishes
the following information.
INVALID CLAIMS.
Every soldier or sailor disabled in
line of duty, by wound, disease or in
jury Occidental or otherwise), is emit
tied to pension.
The loss OF finger or toe, rheuma
tism, chronic diarrhea, piles, rupture,
varicose veins, varicocele, partial loss
of sight or hearing, or any other diss-
bil;ty, however slight, are all good
grounds on which to base claim for
pension.
INCREASE CLAIMS.
Under recent acts of Congress and
more liberal rulings of the Pension
Department, thousands of pensioners
are entitled to increase. In many in.
stances the pension was rated too low
at first, and in majority of cases the
disability has increased since the pen
sion was granted. In other cases a
disability existed which was not men
toned in the original application. In
all such cases an increase can be OBJ.
tanned if properly prosecuted. In
fact, large proportion Of those who
have been pensioned for any length
of time are entitled to an increase, as
it is the nature of all permanent dis.
abilities to increase from year to year.
Pensions range from 81 to s72 per
month, according to the degree of dis
ability.
WIDOWS CLAIMS.
The widow of every soldier or sailor
who died in the service of the United
States, or who has died since dis
charge, from wounds or injury in
CURED, or disease contracted while in
the service, is entitled to pension. Ut
matters not whether the widow was
married to the soldier before or after
his discharge.) BY recent act OF
Congress widows pension has been
increased to sl2 per month this is
the full rate to which she is entitled,
unless she is the widow of commits.
stoned officer, in which case it is rated
according to the rank of the officer.
MINOR CHILDREN.
When there is no widow, or when
she refnarries, and leaves child OF
children, the pension IS paid to guar
dian for each child until it reaches the
age OF lG years.
DEPENDENT RELATIVES.
The father or mother of soldier OF
sailor, who died from wound, disease
or injury incurred in the service Oeav.
ing neither wife nor child), is entitled
to a pension, provided they were de.
pendent upon said soldier or sailor fol-
support at the time Of his death. The
mother has the first claim to the pen
sion, and the father is not entitled
while the mother lives. The pension
of a dependent mother or father is
$12 per month.
RESTORATION TO PENSION ROLLS.
There are great many invalid pen.
sioners who have been dropped from
the rolls for various causes. Where
the disability still exists, they can be
restored to the rolls, and receive pen
sion from date of last payment. Other
pensioners who have been dropped
from the rolls on account of neglect
to draw pension, or for other causes
can also be restored.
REJECTED AND ABANDONED CASES.
Thousands of claims could be com
pleted in very short time, by filing
secondary evidence, instead of tina
called for by the Pension Department.
which cannot be obtained owing t.
death or inability of the claimant t,
find parties best acquainted with tn
facts. Many attorneys are ignoran
on this point.
SPECIAL TO OFFICERS.
Another important law was recent
passed, granting pay to officers wit
were commissioned but not mustered
and failed to receive pay in accord
ance with the rank their commission
entitled them to. Officers pension
that are rated at a lower grade thai